stagnate

英 [stæg'neɪt; 'stægneɪt] 美[stæɡ'net]

• vi. 停滞；淤塞；变萧条
• vt. 使淤塞；使沉滞；使萧条

1. stand still;

"Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy"

2. cause to stagnate;

"There are marshes that stagnate the waters"

3. cease to flow; stand without moving;

"Stagnating waters"

"blood stagnates in the capillaries"

4. be idle; exist in a changeless situation;

"The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"

"He slugged in bed all morning"